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In association with CompuLab, Linux Mint has released the mintBox. The mintBox is a CompuLab fit-PC3 unit, with a green retro-lit Linux Mint logo. Each unit comes with a two-year standard warranty, and 10% of each sale goes toward Linux Mint. According to the announcement, “the hardware is unique, and the box and form-factor are amazing.”

The DVD attached to this issue brings you a pair of the world’s most popular Linux distributions. Mint 15 “Olivia” is the latest release from the ever-friendly Linux Mint, a desktop distro based on Debian and Ubuntu that keeps the emphasis on simplicity and ease of use. Mint tops the DistroWatch downloads list and describes itself as: “The 4th most popular home operating system after Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, and Canonical’s Ubuntu.”